The charts below show the average percentages in typical meals of three types of nutrients, all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much.
The pie charts provide information on the proportion of
sodium
, saturated fat and added sugar
in typical breakfast
, lunch, snack and dinner
which may lead to poor health if consumed too much.
Overall
, sodium
and saturated fat were high in the typical dinner
and those were lower in the typical breakfast
. While
considering the added sugar
factor, it represented the highest value
in the typical snacks and the lowest value
in the breakfast
.
Sodium
and saturated fat showed the highest value
in dinner
at 43% and 37% respectively. In comparison, added sugar
contained in the dinner
is at a moderate level (23%). On the other hand
, all three factors in breakfast
showed their portion in the range of 14%-16%.
The highest value
of added sugar
is represented in the snacks. However
, the other two nutrients were between 14%-21%. The typical lunch contained sodium
, saturated fat and added sugar
at 29%, 26% and 19% respectively.Submitted by shanikamaduri on
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